The Top 10 Class-Action-Related Developments of 2017

By Paul Karlsgodt on January 10, 2018 Posted in Class Action Trends

2017 was a relatively quiet year for major class action news, especially in the Supreme Court, which addressed only a handful of cases that might have an impact on class actions and reached decisions only in a couple of those cases. However, there were at least enough noteworthy developments to put together a top 10 list. … Continue Reading

Ninth Circuit again finds Article III standing in Spokeo: The injury was particularized in round one, and it’s concrete in round two.

By Justin Winquist on August 23, 2017 Posted in Privacy Class Actions

The Spokeo saga continues. As our sister blog, the Data Privacy Monitor, reported here, the United States Supreme Court’s May 2016 decision in Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins, 136 S. Ct. 1540, 1550 (2016) (Spokeo II) vacated and remanded a Ninth Circuit decision (Spokeo I) for failure to consider the concreteness prong of the “concrete and … Continue Reading

Supreme Court Holds That Plaintiffs Must Allege Concrete and Particularized Injury To Have Standing To Assert FCRA Claim

By BakerHostetler on May 16, 2016 Posted in Class Actions Privacy

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Robins v. Spokeo, Inc., which addressed the question of whether a plaintiff has satisfied Article III’s injury-in-fact standing requirement by alleging a statutory violation but no concrete injury. Our sister blog, the Data Privacy Monitor, provides initial coverage here. Stay tuned as we analyze this important ruling which could … Continue Reading